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SBR (Semoff Brothers Racing) won the WERA National Endurance Series 6-Hour at Summit Point Raceway Saturday, beating series points leaders Vesrah Racing by five laps. Army of Darkness finished third overall.

SBR’s Glenn Szarek and Joe Prussiano used a Suzuki GSX-R750 to beat Vesrah’s GSX-R1000 ridden by Mark Junge, Tray Batey and John Jacobi.

Vesrah encounted a quick-change rear axle problem and lost five laps making repairs.

The Army of Darkness GSX-R600 was ridden by Mark Crozier, Jim Williams and Sam Fleming, and finished first in Mediumweight Superbike as well as third overall.

Both SBR and Vesrah competed in the Heavyweight Superbike class.

In Suzuki World Cup qualifying action, David Yaakov and Chris Rankin started on the front row of the heat race to determine starting position and finished one-two, while Jason DiSalvo came from the back of the grid to finish third and earn a front-row starting position. Robert Jensen also came from the back of the grid, and finished fourth, but was disqualified for being underweight and will start Sunday’s final on the back of the grid.

The winner of Sunday’s race earns an all-expenses-paid trip to the Suzuki World Cup to be held next month in France.

Details to follow.